About Athena
Athena McCaman is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) who brings 12 years of clinical experience to her practice in Ohio. She centers care on the person's needs and works to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space for people to talk through what matters most. Athena often helps people who are coping with anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, trauma, and ADHD concerns.
She uses straightforward, practical methods to teach skills people can use every day.
Background and approach
That might look like identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, testing small behavior changes, or working on emotion regulation skills. Sessions focus on what the person wants to improve and on steps they can take between meetings. Athena has spent years helping people who have experienced trauma and substance use challenges.
She also supports those facing relationship strain, parenting stress, identity questions, or life transitions. Her background includes individual and group work across a range of mental health needs. Her style is client-centered with elements of cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practices, and EMDR when appropriate.
Athena aims to meet each person where they are and tailor tools to their situation. She values sensitivity, respect, and helping people build confidence in their coping skills. Athena offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
People begin by completing a short questionnaire to help match them and then schedule sessions according to availability.
How Athena’s Approaches Work Online
Athena combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change patterns that cause distress. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and impulsive reactions. It’s practical and goal-oriented, with exercises to try between sessions.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT strategies can be useful for managing strong emotions, reducing impulsivity, and improving relationships. Together these approaches offer skills people can apply in everyday life and during moments of high stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Athena will work with each person to choose or adapt methods that match their needs and goals. She checks in about what’s working and adjusts the plan so sessions stay focused and useful.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people talk face to face, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports short check-ins, and messaging is useful for ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use the format that feels most comfortable.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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